Dementia and Alzheimer disease has replaced ischaemic heart diseases as the leading cause of death in England and Wales.
Office of National Statistic (ONS) figures show that Dementia and Alzheimer disease now account for 11.6% of all deaths registered in 2015. Ischaemic heart disease (or coronary artery disease) was the second leading cause of death in England and Wales, with 11.5% of all deaths registered in 2015. For males, ischaemic heart diseases was the leading cause of death accounting for 14.3% of all male deaths in 2015, compared with 14.8% in 2014, the ONS found. For females, the leading cause of death was dementia and Alzheimer disease accounting for 15.2% of all female deaths, up from 13.4...
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